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The Toilets Were Closed from the Inside
5.2 / 10• 1976• 1h 14m•NR• French
CrimeComedy
Storyline
A bus conductor gets dressed for work in the morning, goes to the toilet, where he is killed by a bomb. The Commissioner and his fat, bumbling assistant, Inspector Charbonnier are put on the case. After interviewing friends, wives, colleagues, and spying on strangers who might be connected, our heroes trace the assassin down to a mental institution where, it seems, the murder victim has been an inmate for the last three years...
Cast & Crew
Coluche
L'inspecteur Charbonnier
Lead
Jean Rochefort
Le commissaire Pichard
Roland Dubillard
Gazul
Danièle Evenou
Gwendoline
Robert Berri
René
Jean Luisi
Barbocelli
BB
Billy Bourbon
Joseph Ordure
Olga Valéry
La mère du médecin
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Patrice Leconte's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Toilets Were Closed from the Inside is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
